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DARE receives $1,000 helping hand.

ROSS COUNTY, OH (WCMH) - Drug awareness received a cash boost in Ross County this week when men in the Helping Hands group donated $1,000.

Ross County Sheriff Lavender said in a social media post that he thanks the men at the Chillicothe

"It is the goal of the Drug Awareness Resistance Education program to educate our youth on drug awareness, peer pressure and bullying while striving to keep children safe and drug free," Sheriff Lavender said in the post.